{{short description|Finnish electronic music band}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Husky Rescue | image = Husky Rescue at El Camino Helsinki studios, March 2011.jpg | caption = Husky Rescue in 2011. From left to right: Johanna Kalén, Marko Nyberg, Antony Bentley | image_size = 250 | landscape = yes | origin = Helsinki, Finland | genre = {{hlist|Electronic|folktronica|trip hop|ambient|downtempo}} | years_active = 2002–present | label = {{hlist|Catskills|Minty Fresh|El Camino}} | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|husky-rescue.com}} | current_members = Marko Nyberg<br />Johanna Kalén<br />Antony Bentley | past_members = Reeta-Leena Vestman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/121199-helsinkis-husky-rescue-give-icy-ethereal-ship.html |title=Helsinki's Husky Rescue give the icy, ethereal "Ship of Light" a US release this Oct |publisher=Alt Sounds |date=20 August 2010 |accessdate=6 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621035452/http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/121199-helsinkis-husky-rescue-give-icy-ethereal-ship.html |archivedate=21 June 2011}}</ref><br />Ville Riippa<br />Anssi Sopanen<br />Miika Colliander }}
'''Husky Rescue''' is a Finnish electronic music band from Helsinki, formed in 2002. The group consists of Marko Nyberg, Johanna Kalén, and Antony Bentley.
==History==
===2002–2010=== Husky Rescue was formed by Marko Nyberg, who began composing under the name in 2002, wanting to create cinematic music influenced by film, photography and painting. He has counted film director David Lynch and French composer Erik Satie among his influences.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hume |first=Mike |title=With Husky Rescue |url=http://www.fcnp.com/622/presspass.htm |newspaper=Falls Church News-Press |date=3 August 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023211137/http://www.fcnp.com/622/presspass.htm |archivedate=23 October 2006}}</ref> When recording the band's debut album ''Country Falls'', Nyberg recorded around twenty musicians and singers for use on the album—each of them a good friend of Nyberg's and all Helsinki-based. As Nyberg puts it himself:
<blockquote> "Every track is designed to be a warm breeze to counter the chill of daily life, whether you live in cold climes or not. All moments from life become part of the music. Husky Rescue reflects our background in Helsinki where the winter nights are so cold and long while the summer is hot and short, but oh so sweet. It's melancholic music but there is always hope. Husky Rescue's music is like the first snow on the ground when you can still see the green grass through the snow. It's like spring's sunbeam after the long, dark, sunless winter time."<ref>[http://www.x2free.info/music/husky-rescue.htm Quote source] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225170403/http://www.x2free.info/music/husky-rescue.htm |date=25 December 2007 }}</ref> </blockquote>
Husky Rescue's line-up from 2002 to 2010 consisted of Nyberg (bass), Reeta-Leena Vestman (née Korhola, vocals), Ville Riippa (keyboards), Maria Ilmoniemi (keyboards), Anssi Sopanen (drums) and Miika Colliander (guitar). The band's debut album ''Country Falls'' was released worldwide in October 2004 on Catskills Records and in the US on 12 April 2005 on Minty Fresh.
The cinematic sceneries found on the debut were further developed on 2007's ''Ghost Is Not Real'' which turned up the sonic experimentation and detailed production without sacrificing the catchy, pop aesthetic. Nyberg's sense of dynamics and tendency towards delicacy on the album were described by Pitchfork Media as "an imagined collaboration, perhaps, between Ingmar Bergman and Jean-Pierre Jeunet".<ref>{{cite web |last=Harvey |first=Eric |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9809-ghost-is-not-real/ |title=Husky Rescue: Ghost Is Not Real |publisher=Pitchfork Media |date=31 January 2007 |accessdate=8 March 2012}}</ref>
Learning about a reported UFO sighting near his residence just outside central Helsinki further turned Nyberg's interest towards the nature, thus propelling a new wave of inspiration. He saw hope and beauty in the Northern surroundings, and embarked on a solitary songwriting trip to Lapland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itb.co.uk/artist.aspx?artistId=765 |title=Husky Rescue |publisher=International Talent Booking |accessdate=8 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317074743/http://www.itb.co.uk/artist.aspx?artistId=765 |archivedate=17 March 2012}}</ref> Heavily featuring Jari Salo, one half of the duo Pepe Deluxé and a long-time friend of Marko's, Husky Rescue's third album ''Ship of Light'' was released in January 2010. The album was met with positive reviews in the media, such as ''The Guardian'' giving it four out of five stars and comparing the sound to "the kind of adult pop that Air were promising us with their first album",<ref>{{cite web |last=Hann |first=Michael |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jan/21/husky-rescue-ship-of-light |title=Husky Rescue: Ship of Light |work=The Guardian |date=21 January 2010 |accessdate=6 October 2010}}</ref> or ''The Sunday Times'' naming the album CD of the week and rating it four stars.<ref>{{cite web |last=Edwards |first=Mark |url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/music/article196827.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610222038/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/music/article196827.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 June 2015 |title=Husky Rescue: Ship of Light |work=The Sunday Times |publisher=Times Newspapers |accessdate=8 March 2012}}</ref> Ben Hogwood of Music OMH remarked that the album continued in the tradition of their previous albums with "beautifully icy string colours" and "imaginative touches of orchestration."<ref>{{cite news|last=Hogwood|first=Ben|title=Album Review: Husky Rescue - Ship of Light|url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/husky-rescue_0110.htm|newspaper=Music OMH|date=1 February 2010|access-date=30 August 2012|archive-date=22 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122131401/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/husky-rescue_0110.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Husky Rescue have performed at several music festivals such as Lollapalooza, Glastonbury, South by Southwest,<ref>{{cite news|last=Reid |first=Davis |title=Husky Rescue: Looking For The 'Real Deal' |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/1853/feature/music/husky_rescue |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070630100225/http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/1853/feature/music/husky_rescue |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 June 2007 |newspaper=Paste Magazine |date=1 June 2005 }}</ref> and ''Austin City Limits''. They have toured extensively in the UK and Europe, and played select shows in North America.
===2010–present=== After touring their 2010 album ''Ship of Light'', culminating in their last performance at Flow Festival in Helsinki in August 2011, the band reorganized and renewed. Prompted in part by long-standing singer Vestman taking the opportunity to study musical theatre at the Royal Academy of Music in London,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reetavestman.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=8 |title=Reeta |publisher=reetavestman.com |accessdate=8 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714212318/http://www.reetavestman.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=8 |archivedate=14 July 2014}}</ref> Nyberg decided to strip everything down and start afresh, to head into a more intimate, bright and natural direction. Deciding on a new singer he met up with a Swedish vocalist Johanna Kalén in Stockholm and drafted in his old English friend, Antony Bentley, they formed the new line-up and started working on new material. Having written several new songs they decamped to Greenpoint, the Brooklyn studio of an enthusiastic vintage keyboard collector, to record them. Now finished they will be released in 2012.{{update inline|date=July 2014}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.husky-rescue.com/bio/ |title=Bio |publisher=husky-rescue.com |accessdate=8 March 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The first single of the new material, "Deep Forest Green", was released on 27 January 2012 and made available as a free download on the band's SoundCloud profile.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soundcloud.com/husky-rescue/deep-forest-green |title=Deep Forest Green by Husky Rescue |publisher=SoundCloud |date=24 January 2012 |accessdate=8 March 2012}}</ref>
==Style and use in other media== The band's unique sound reconstitutes influences of alternative country, depressive disco, and pop into distinctive, cinematic soundscapes. From the beginning, digital illustrator Kustaa Saksi has crafted the visual side of the project, capturing the mood with his detailed yet minimalist style, reminiscent of the ukiyo-e paintings and masking-based comic style of Japan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.behance.net/HugoandMarie2/frame/1851897 |title=Assorted Illustrations by Kustaa Saksi |publisher=Behance Network |date=26 July 2011 |accessdate=8 March 2012}}</ref>
Due to the visual character and ability to convey emotion and mood, Husky Rescue's music has been placed in several advertisements and TV shows. "My World" was used in Hyundai's Think About It advertisements.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.splendad.com/ads/show/1599-Hyundai-Rain-Think-About-It |title=Hyundai – Rain – Think About It |publisher=splendAd |accessdate=23 February 2012}}</ref> "New Light of Tomorrow" was used in a P&O TV commercial and on the HBO TV series ''The Sopranos''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uktvadverts.com/Home/Search.aspx?artist=2600 |title=Adverts featuring Husky Rescue |publisher=UK TV Adverts |accessdate=26 October 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hbo.com/the-sopranos#/the-sopranos/episodes/6/73-johnny-cakes/music.html |title=The Sopranos: S 6 EP 73 Johnny Cakes: Music |publisher=HBO |accessdate=9 March 2012}}</ref> "New Light of Tomorrow" and "The Good Man" were both used on the second season of ''One Tree Hill'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cwtv.com/music/one-tree-hill/season-2/episode-218 |title=One Tree Hill Music <nowiki>|</nowiki> Season 2 – Episode 18 |publisher=The CW |accessdate=9 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cwtv.com/music/one-tree-hill/season-2/episode-222 |title=One Tree Hill Music <nowiki>|</nowiki> Season 2 – Episode 22 |publisher=The CW |accessdate=9 March 2012}}</ref> while "Rainbow Flows" was featured in Beck's Italian beer commercial.
Nyberg scored two Finnish motion pictures; ''Sixpack'' (''Pussikaljaelokuva'') in 2011 and ''Twisted Roots (Väärät Juuret) i''n 2009, of which a soundtrack album was also released.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2107093/ |title=Marko Nyberg |publisher=IMDb |accessdate=8 March 2012}}</ref>
==Discography==
===Albums=== * ''Country Falls'' (2004) * ''Ghost Is Not Real'' (2007) * ''Other World: Remixes and Rarities'' (2007) * ''Ship of Light'' (2010) * ''The Long Lost Friend'' (2013)
===Singles=== * "Summertime Cowboy" (2004) * "New Light of Tomorrow" (2004) * "Sleep Tight Tiger" (2004) * "City Lights" (2004) * "My Home Ghost" (2006) * "Diamonds in the Sky" (2006) * "Nightless Night" (2007) * "Caravan" (2007) * "We Shall Burn Bright" (2009) * "Sound of Love" (2010) * "They Are Coming" (2010) * "Far from the Storm" (2010) * "Fast Lane" (2011) * "Deep Forest Green" (2012)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.husky-rescue.com/}} * {{Allmusic|id=husky-rescue-p698275}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928040533/http://www.roxwel.com/player/huskyrescuenewlightoftomorrowartistcommentary.html "New Light of Tomorrow" artist commentary] * [http://www.webcutsmusic.com/interviews/2008/husky-rescue-interview/ Interview] at Webcuts
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